Recycling of Rubber Waste, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Rubber has great importance in the industrial field, especially for cars (as tires), and many other important applications which vary greatly in scope. This Special Issue will analyze new techniques and strategies for treating, recycling, valuing, and reusing rubber waste. The aim is to provide a broad overview of these new techniques and strategies, and to evaluate the results of these techniques in order to give a second life to these rubbers once they have served their primary use. This Special Issue will provide a scientific perspective of these strategies to enable the reuse, valorization, and recycling of waste rubber. Once their useful life has come to an end, rubber materials may present difficulties for reuse or recycling. In 2017, 13% of US tires were sold in the used tire market after serving their primary use. Of the tires that were scrapped, 43% were burnt as tire-derived fuel, with cement manufacturing being its largest application, while 25% were used to make ground rubber, 8% were used in civil engineering projects, 17% were disposed of in landfills, and 8% had other uses. Hence, a topic of interest for this Special Issue is the analysis of aspects related to the application of new techniques or new uses, in addition to attempts to recycle, reuse, or other proposals that deal with waste rubber.

After the success of the previous Special Issue, entitled “Recycling of Rubber Waste ”, we are pleased to invite researchers to contribute to this second Special Issue. This Special Issue will focus on new treatments or uses for waste rubber and will explore the recycling, reuse, and valorization of waste rubber.

Dr. Marc Marín-Genescà
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Recycling is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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• recycling
• mechanical properties
• electrical properties
• reuse
• processing properties
• waste management
• composite materials
• polymer
• ground tire rubber

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